TUN CITIZK.N, FIUDAY, NOVUM IlKlt I, H)10.
1MIOK. KUXKM3 KKSKJNS.
Dr. Hnusoli llcvonies Ilontl of Mull
lenliorj Acndemlc School, i
At a mcetliiH of tlio board of
trustees of Muhlenberg College, Al
lentown, Wednesdny, Prof. Ambrose
A. Kunkle, for tlio past six years
Iirlncipal of tlio AHcntown Prepara
tory School, which Is the academlf
department of the collego, presented
his resignation.
The board of trustees elected as
Ills successor the Nov. .1. Charles
Itatisch, pastor of St. Luke's Luther
an church, AHcntown, who has for
some years been Held agent of Muh
lenberg College.
would norm iuutii hath.
Illicit Tlmo Thnt Young Folk Took
To Wedlock, Says Dr. Itosloy.
A bride does not look "cute" bend
ing o'er tho wasutub. Strong must
bo tho love also thnt can survlvo
breakfasts cooked on a range that
will not burn when tho snow lies
thick on tho back fence. But that
is tho sort of thing that is Inter
fering with tho birth rate In Haltl
nioro, according to Health Commis
sioner Bosley.
"Tho young peoplo of nowadays
are not marrying fast enough," said
Dr. Bosley yesterday, while critically
surveying tho result of tho baby
census. "It Isn't Hko the olden
tlmo at nil. Nowadays when a young
girl gets married sho wants to have
all the luxuries that her mother and
father nro having."
Girls Alono to llliuno? No! No!
"Aro only tho girls to blame?"
asked the masculine questioner de
lightedly. "Oh, no," hastily answered the
Doctor. "I guess It Is partly the
fault of tho young men, too. But,
perhaps It Is not so much theirs as
tho young women. Some years ngo
when people married they started
humbly and the husband, aided by
his wife, fought his way up to lux
ury. But, bless you, now they want
to start with the luxury. Tho re
sult is fewer marriages and, of
course, tho birth rate suffers."
"What is tho antidote?"
"I don't know. That's a sociolo
gical problem and I don't pretend
to answer It."
Miner's Costly Gallantry.
West Salisbury, Pa., Oct. 31.
Oliver Short, a twenty-elght-year-old
miner of West Salisbury, has paid
with his life for his gallantry in at
tempting to defend a young girl
from the taunts of a gang of boys
about four weeks ago. Short died
Oct. 17 In tho Passavant hospital,
Pittsburg, as tho result of injuries
he sustained when struck on the
temple by a heavy stone, hurled at
tho boys who were teasing her by
the young woman Short was trying
to defend. Short was taken to the
hospital soon after his injury, and
several operations were performed
in an effort to save his life, but to
no avail.
Short, who was not married, had
been working in the vicinity of Jen
ners for some time. While walking
along a road In tho vicinity of his
home about four weeks ago, ho came
upon a gang of boys who were taunt
ing Miss Alice Larue, tho pretty
17-year-old daughter of Elwood
Larue, who runs a saw mill. Short
paused to demonstrate with the
boys, and while doing so was struck
with great force in the right temple
by a heavy stone thrown by tho
young woman, who had intended the
missile for ono of tho boys. The
thin bones In tho side of tho man's
skull were crushed and he fell to the
ground unconscious. Ho was re
moved to Pittsburg as soon as local
.physicians discovered tho extent of
his injuries.
The affair was purely accidental
and no attempt will be made to pros
ecute tho young woman
SILENT SUFFEKKK.
Husband Refuses to Speak for
Week.s Result: Divorce.
Philadelphia, Oct. 28. "Silence Is
not always golden. Not only did
my husband refuse to speak to me
for weeks at a time, even In re
sponse to tho most trival questions,
but he allowed mo but $5 a week
and then subtracted twenty-flvo
cents from that amount whenover he
was absent from a meal at our
home."
Thus did Mrs. Blancho Dawson
Woodland, a young and attractive
school teacher, who Is living with
her father, summarize the strange al
legation that her husband frequen
tly declined to converse with her,
as early as three weoks after their
marrlago upon which she was grant
ed an absolute decree of divorce.
Mrs. Woodland claimed that the
alleged silence of her husband, who
she said was a bank clerk, had
"shattered her nerves," and had com
pelled her to seek freedom from him.
Tho young couplo were married
on April 2C, 100G. According to
Mrs. Woodland, her husband had not
been living with her threo weeks
when his attltudo towards hor became
curious.
"For fancied affronts on my part
ho would refuse to speak to mo for
days, even though wo sat opposite
to ono another at the dinner table,"
sho said. "He would eat his meals
In sllenco and, although I gave him
no cause for his strange conduct,
ho would refuse to even reply to tho
most casual remark I might make,
"When my husband first began to
refuse to utter a syllable while in
our house ho would go whole days
without saying a word. Finally his
periods of sllenco grew longer anu
several days would pass without his
saying a word to mo. Matters bo.
came worse when threo, four, five
and even six weeks would go by with
out his opening his mouth.
"Wo ato together, but that made
no difference he would remain nb
solutely quiet. His manner becamo
so unusual that I scarcely knew
what to do. Just think of being
alono In a house with a husband who
refused to even reply to tho most
casual remark. Even In tho pres
ence of visitors my huBband would
Ignore mo and lapse Into ono of his
gloomy, silent moods that eventually
left mo a nervous wreck. It was
awful."
MOPE KOU IIONESDALE.
HonoBdale, tho beautiful county
seat of Wayne, which has had somo
very severe Jolts In a business way
during tho pnst year or fo, may In
the nonr future enjoy prosperity un
dreamt of. In the endeavor to keep
up with the pneo set bv the Lacka
wanna In shortening the train tlmo
between Newr York and Buffalo, tho
Erie railroad, according to rumors, Is
already at work surveying now
routes west. Erie engineers nro at
present engaged In exploring North
ern Wnyno for tho most doslrablo
routo for n cut-off line. The propos
ed road will Teavo the main lino of
the Erie at LacUnwaxen and go
through lloiiesdalo and strike tho old
road again at Susquehanna or Great
Bend. This routo, which would cut
out several Important stations, would
probably rut off nt least twenty or
thirty miles, and It is possible that
much better grades could bo secured.
The benefits that Iloncsdale would
receive from being on tho main line
of tho Erie Instead of having to de
pend upon branch line train service
can scarcely bo estimated. Better
shipping facilities and more direct
communication with tho outer world
will invito now industries and stimu
lato those already on the ground.
And there is little doubt that tho at
tractions of Honcsdalc as a summer
resort would bo more widely recog
nized If the people of tho city would
make an effort to securo guests dur
ing tho heated term.
There Is llttlo doubt thnt tho con
templated Erie cut-ofT will be built
In tho near future. The Erlo rail
road, If it retains the western mnll
contracts, must reduce Its tlmo be
tween New York and Buffalo to com
pete with the Lackawanna, which has
becomo Its most formldnblo rival.
With Honcsdalo on tho main lino of
tho Erie; tho Irving Cliff hotel built;
many new Industries established and
tho capacity of the old ones increas
ed, Honesdalo would forget the
troubles of the past few months,
caused principally, it Is alleged, by
tho scheming of boomers of other
towns for tho purpose of stealing the
gloss Industries that have made that
section of Wayno county famous.
Scranton Tribune-Republican.
VOTE FOR. LEWIS.
OXYGEN MEMOIUAL.
Priestly Honored nt Northumber
land Dedication.
Northumberland, Oct. 25. Due
homage was paid here today to that
distinguished former resident, Dr
Joseph Priestly, discoverer of oxy
gen, when the historic Unitarian
church of this place was rededicated
as the Joseph Priestly Memorial.
Unitarian clergymen of prominence
throughout the Middle Atlantic
States participated In the enjoyable
exercises, which began last evening,
when the invocation was offered by
Rev. William M. Gilbert, of Vine
land, N. J., and there was a read
ing of Scriptures by Rev. U. G. B.
Pierce, D. D., of All Saints' church,
Washington, D. C.
M. C. Garvin, of Lancaster, chair
man of the restoration committee,
made the historical address and the
prayer of dedication was offered by
Rev. Charles E. St. John, of tho
First Unitarian church, Philadelphia,
Tho sermon was preached by Rev,
Samuel A. Eliot, president of tho
American Unitarian society, and a
brother of Dr. Charles A. Eliot, for
mer president of Harvard University.
Rev. H. D. Catlln pronounced the
benediction.
The Joseph Priestly conference
met this morning and the many dls.
tlngulshed visitors were taken to the
grave of the eminent chemist, and
they also were escorted through his
home, well preserved here In all its
ancient grandeur. M. C. Garvin
presided at the conference and brief
reports of the condition of these
churches were made by their pas
tors: Northumberland, tho Priestly
Memorial, Rev. H. D. Catlln; Phila
delphia, First Unitarian church; Rev
C. E. St. John; Philadelphia, Spring
Garden church; Germantown, Uni
tarian Society, Rev. Oscar B. Hawes;
Lancaster, Church of Our Father,
Rev. John W. Cooper; VIneland, N.
J., First Unitarian Society, Rev. W
M. Gilbert; Wilmington, Del., First
Unitarian church. Rev. A. C. Hen
derson; Baltimore, Md., Indopend
ent Church of Christ, Rev. Alfred
R. Hussay; Washington, D. C, All
Souls' Church, Rev. U. G. IJ, Pierce.
Reports of the International Berlin
Conference were mado by Revs. O
B. Hawes and O. E. St. John and
Mrs. Martha E. St. John.
Dr. Joseph Priestly established tho
Unitarian church In this stnto in
1794, and the historic structure re-
dedicated today was erected in 1834
Rev. H. D. Catlln was called to tho
pastorate In 1873. Death reduced
tho membership of tho congregation
so much and their finances grew so
low that during the past eighteen
years there was not sufllctent money
to pay a salary to a pastor. The
members remained steadfast, how
ever, and held occasional prayor
meetings In tho edifice.
Tho treasury was so depleted sev
eral years ago that the shorlff was
about to lovy for delinquent taxes
when tho American Unitarian asso
elation becamo cognizant of tho
strained circumstances and saved tho
property by establishing a perpetual
trust fund as the Priestly Memorial.
Services were regularly resumed last
July and tho Rev. Mr. Catlln graci
ously accepted a recall to tho pul
pit.
Theso descendants of Dr. Joseph
Priestly were prominent attendants
at tho conference: Mrs, F. B. Ton
Hn, Hnverford, great-granddaughter:
Mrs. William Forsyth, Chicago,
great-granddaughter: Mrs. 11, D
Catlln, tho Misses Annie A. and Jane
B. Priestly, of Northumberland. Tho
Misses Priestly resldo In tho old
Priestly mansion near tho memorial
church.
CASTOR I A
For Infants and Children.
5fie Kind You Have Always Bought
Boars the
Signature
Xlrknnnies for Athletic Players.
Every player on tho AthlotlcH, tho
pennnut winners In tho American
lengiio and contenders against tho
Chicago Cubs for tho world scries
honors, has a nlcknamo Uostowod by
his comrades. In naming tho vari
ous players tho team has shown
themselves as versatllo as In base
ball.
Tho roll call of tho players by
nlcknamo follows: Thomas, Seiner;
Lapp, Jackalapn: Livingstone, Squir
rel; Donohue, Jiggers; Plank, Klng
ntttt; Bonder, Chlof; Coombs, Ken-
ncbunk; Morgan, Cy; Krauso, .Na
tive Son; Dygert, Jeems; Atkins,
Nlckol In tho Slot; Dnvls, Jasper;
Collins, Cocky; Barry, Holy Cross;
Baker, Dingdong; Mclnnes, Stuffy;
Derrick, Rebel; Houscr, Happyfaco;
Murphy, Murph; Oldrlng, Rube;
Lord, Brls; Strunk, Cupid.
SCUAXTOX PAPER
HELPS SCHOOL BOYS!
Gives Them Hints On Playing
Hookey.
According to an account In tho
Scrnnton Times several nights ago,
Superintendent Howoll says that
death In family Is a good excuse for
staying away from school. The
story In full Is as follows:
Hero s a tip, boys and girls.
If you want to leavo school early
to get your Hallowo'en fixings In
shape or to watch a red-hot game
of football between teams In the
Burdock leaguo, scan tho dally news
papers for tho funeral that you d
Uko to attend. Of courso, It's an old
stunt nnd It's been worn thread
baro by office boys and mill girls
who work for wise bosses.
But Superintendent of Schools G.
Howell Informed tho principals of
Grammar A schools recently that
thero aro only four legitimate ex
cuses for a pupil being excused early
from school. They aro: Illness In
tho family, personal illness, attend
ance at a funeral, or death In tho
family.
Of courso, personal Illness and ill
ness In tho family can bo worked In
occasionally, but tho possibilities of
tho funeral stunt aro practically un
limited. 'Most any Willie O'Horo or
Freddie Smith can pick out of the
obituary notices somo dlstnnt rela
tive or person of the same name who
Is to bo burled on the particular day
that said Wllllo or Freddie wants
to get out early. Add this bit of ob
servation to tho dark and devious
methods that have always been fol
lowed In securing excuses, and tho
new obstacles have been hurdled with
ono bound.
Unwise advice? Well, maybe.
But they'll do It anyhow, so what's
the use. You did, didn't you?
XMAS STAMPS NOT POSTAGE
STAMPS.
Should Bo Placed on Reverse Side of
Package; Somo Countries Re
fuso Them.
Postmasters are receiving the fol
lowing order from the PostofHco
Department:
Postmasters are notified that the
following countries refuse to admit
to their malls articles bearing non
postage "Christmas" stamps or other
adhesive charity stamps or labels:
Guatemala, Uruguay, Portugal (If
they resemble regular postage
stamps).
Tho following countries will admit
articles bearing such stamps, but
only when affixed to tho reverse side
and not to the address side:
British East Africa, Uganda, Antl
gua, Barbadoes, Bermuda, British
North Borneo, Cayman Islands,
Cyprus, Gold Coast, Dominica, Falk.
land Islands, Gambia, Gibraltar,
British Honduras, Jamaica, Mauri
tius and dependencies, Montserrat,
Nevis, Southern Nigeria, Saint
Christopher, Saint Lucie, Saint Vin
cent, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Brit
ish Somaliland, Trinidad, Turks and
Calcos Islands, Virgin Islands, Ger
many, Austria (provided they do not
resemble, postage stamps), Great
Britain, Southern Rhodesia, Trans
vaal. Articles liable to bo refused ad
mittance to any of the foregoing
countries on account of the fact thnt
they benr chnrlty stamps will not be
dispatched from this country, but
will bo returned to tho sender, if
known, if the sender is not known
such matter will bo sent to tho Dead
Letter Office.
To preclude delay In handling ar
ticles bearing Christmas stamps to
bo transmitted In the international
malls, the covers should bear tho
full name and address of the person
sending them.
Much difficulty Is experienced nt
Christmas tlmo with these stamps,
many peoplo thinking them good for
postage and as a consequence arti
cles aro held for postage and In
many cases sent to tho Dead Letter
Office. Theso stamps aro not good
for postage and In every case would
bo better if placed on tho reverse
sldo of tho package from tho ad
dress. Tho United States govern
ment does not prohibit tho placing
of such stamps on packages, but de
sires to impress upon tho minds of
the public that they aro not good
for postage.
A Dissertation on Lies.
Heretofore reluctant to touch upon
tho gentle art of mendacity, recent
events emboldened us to offer somo
observations. Now that It is no lon
ger a gamo of solitairo, but ono at
which two can play, a few reflections
whllo academic In their nature may
not bo altogether uninteresting. Any
Intention, however, of competing with
tho universities In this field of inves
tigation Is entirely disclaimed.
It was tho Psalmist who said In his
hasto that all men wore liars. This
statement lends a comfortable air of
abstraction to tho subject that robs
It of Its sting, but It falls to partlcu
Iarlzo. Tho further assertion of tho
Good Book to tho effect that tho devil
Is the father of lies is likewise inade
quate to the prosent purpose. For
it only proclaims him as being ro
spouBlblo for an Innumerable progeny
that ranges In shade from those ns
black as himself to tho etiolated van
cty that rivals tho Illy in Us white
ness.
Tho healthiest Ho Is tho He direct.
Paradoxical, as It may appear, tho
downright Ho comes nearest to bolng
upright. Most people object to this
sort, but it Is tho least to bo feared.
The oblique statement, the ono that
hides Itself behind the semblance of
verity and often nssumcs tho guise of
pity or commiseration, is tho most
siubtlo nnd tho most dangerous.
Cnrlylo wns strong In tho conviction
thnt n Ho cannot live, but the class
Just mentioned Is endowed with re
markable vitality. The ordinary lie
enn bo "nailed," but tho shifty sort
seldom remains lu 0110 plnce long
enough to bo effectually spiked.
A provoking form of Ho Is tho one
thnt ennnot bo denied, ns when It Is
said of a man that he would not steal
a redhot stove. Tho victim enn only
bow In sllenco before tho soft Im
peachment, knowing at tho same time
that Its promiscuous circulation does
not enhanco his reputation for hon
esty. It was In n somowhnt similar
vein thnt Mr. Dana wrote to Gen.
Hancock as being n good man,
weighing 270 pounds. What could
ono answer to thnt? Though true In
a way, It savors moro of what Mr.
Chesterton terms "tho faint damns
that pralso" than of profound appre
ciation. Tho man who "lies Hko n gentle
man" Is held up to approbation by
many. Just what Is meant by lying
like a gentleman Is hard to deter
mine. The senso In which It Is most
generally used, however, seems al
most to Justify tho cynical assertion
that society depends on appearances
rather than on realities, and that tho
unpardonnblo offense consists not lu
doing a wrong thing, but In being
found out.
Tho fatuous Har and tho cheerful
liar wo havo always with us, tiresome
but harmless, with their vain imagin
ings reaching all tho wny from fish
stories to the latest cute sayings of
llttlo Baby Bright. It is only neces
sary to leave them alono and they
will hang themsolves with tho ropo
of their own weaving. However con
vincing tho original statement. It al
ways breaks down under the burden
of. detail which the hapless prevarica
tor piles upon it.
Tho Ho of sheor kindness scarcely
belongs to the category. Poor Tom
Pinch, giving his last guinea to Mar
tin Chuzrlewlt, and saying he has
plenty moro la a sample, calling forth
a strain of metrical prose of tho kind
that subjected Dickens to the scorn of
those who think and endeared him to
those who feel: "Thero aro somo
falsehoods, Tom, on which men rise,
as on bright wings, to heaven; there
aro some truths, cold, bitter, taunting
truths, that bind men down to earth
with leaden chains." Washington
Post.
CHANCE FOR A NIMROI).
Clinton County Man Afraid Three
Bears Will Eat All His Corn.
Lock Haven, Pa., Oct. 27. Harry
Bryan, a farmer, of Cnldwell, this
county, wns In Lock Haven today
and reported that threo bears In that
vicinity threatened to eat his en
tire corn crop before ho gets it
husked unless some hunter succeeds
in killing this unwelcome and
troublesome trio.
It appears for the past threo weeks
a large bear and two small ones
islted his corn field nightly and have
already eaten at least thirty bushels
of bis i-orn. Ho set traps, but this
availed nothing. Tho sagacious ani
mals would eat tho corn about the
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traps, taking enro not to got too
near.
Mr. Brynn then decided to watch
with his rlllo at night, yet not n boar
camo In sight whllo ho was about tho
field or secreted In tho limbs of a
tree. Tho cold weather at night kept
him on the watch only at Intervals.
as he had to go into his house to got
warm. i
Ho avers thnt during theso times i
tho benr would visit tho fields and on
his nppearnnco would senmper nwny
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who Care What They Wear.
Our Fancy Blue Serge Suit
at $16.50 in a High Art is a
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Our High Art Suit this season
at $15.00 in all shades is a big
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Overcoats for Business or
Dress wear from $10 to $25.
English slip on coats from $5
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Our Black Silk Front Coat at
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We have entered upon the task
of supplying Clothing and
Furnishings to the men of
Honesdale with some very
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to please is the man who
really cares enough about
what he wears to give some
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to be considered before the
price is mentioned.
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to the woods, to return when anoth
er opportunity afforded. Mr. Bryan
tatofi that tho tracks of the largest
bear aro fully ten Inchos In longth,
whllo tho others aro probably of n
weight of ono hundred pounds each.
It Is his wish that somo hunter
would come to his rescue nnd kill
tho offenders.
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And yet, our best pleased cus
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who are careful of their
money. Such men will find
in the Bregstein Clothing
Store and in the Bregstein
Furnishing Store for Men as
perfect a combination of sure
quality and fair price as has
yet been attained.
Our Hat Department: We
handle such makes as the
Knox at $3.00; the Gold
Band at $2.00; our Pencle
Curl at $2.00; our Cap line
for Men and Boys from 25c
to $1.00 in grays, stripes and
blue.
MEN'S FURNISHINGS.
Fancy Shirts: The new Colum
bia Shirt from $1.00 to $1.50;
the Globe Shirt from 50c to
$1.00, Union made.
Our Neck Wear: The finest in
town; from 25c, 50c to $1.00.
Our Glove Department is the
finest and the largest in town.
We handle the Just Right
Gloves from 25c to $2.50.
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